Combined tie-plate and spike-retainer.



e. W. QUINi COMBINED TIE PLATE AND SPIKE RETAINER. APPLICATION HLBD'FEB-19, 191s.

1,072,991, Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

' 0. W. QUIN. COMBINED TIE PLATE AND SPIKE RETAINER.

' APPLIGATIQN FILED PEB. 19, 1913.

Patented sept.9,191'3.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orc.

' CHIABLES W. QUIN, 0F CEN'1RA1'.|IIA', n QWASYHINGTON.

ooMnrNEn TIE-PLATE AND smurf-...RETAINER Be it known'th'at-I, .CHARLrjs W Quin, a 'citizen 'ofethel United States, 'residing at Centralia, inE the county of Lewis and State of IVashington,.-have invented new andi-uselful Improvementsin Combined Tie-Plates and Spike-Retainers, -of which the following isja specification.-

.The present invention relates to combined tie plates vand spike retainers' for railway, construction, andresides in thel construction,` combination and operative arrangementv of partsset forth in the following description and falling withinA the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a top plan View illustrating my invention in applied .position upon a railway rail and the ties for the rail, Fig. 2 Vis a side elevation of the same, Fig. Sis a longitudinal sectional view upon the line 3-3 of Fig. l, Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 4.-4: of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is atop plan view of the plate, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the spike sustaining plate,-Fig. 7 is a side elevation,

.partly in section, illustratinga modified form of the device, and Fig. 8 is a similar view of a still further modified form of the device. A t

While in the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated a satisfactory' reduction of my improvement topractice, it is to be understood that in carrying out the objects of my invention-,the saine is susceptible to embodiment in various forms of construction which will fall within the scope of the appended claims. l

tcferring to the drawings in detail, the

numeral l designates an ordinary' railway tie, and 2 an ordinary railway'rail. Arranged upon the tie 1, and providing a bearing for the base 'flange of the rail 2, 1s a tie plate 3. The plate 3 comprises a fiat substantially rectangular metallic member and is provided adjacent its corners with openings 4 for the reception, of spikes 5, whereby the plate and rail are secured upon the tie l. The heads of the spikes are adapted to engage with the base flanges of the rails adjacent the longitudinal edges thereof, and the plate 3 is provided at its opposite ends and central of the openings l with additional openings 5. The openings `5 communicate with countersunk depressions, and arranged within said depressions are the heads 6 of threaded members, -the Shanks `7 Specification of Letters Patent.'

Application filed February 19, 1913.

l Shanks asclearly shown in t-he drawings.

gage with spikes, incident to the j rai-.enten sept. a, i sie. Serial No. 749,498.

of Vwhich "pass through the openings 5 and project a suitable distance above the plate The numerals S designate nuts which engagefwith the threaded shank T and which bearragainst the upper face of Resting uponfthe nut 8, and being provided with.` a suitable opening through which the 7 project, is a spike retaining 'ineinber 9. The member 9 is preferably of rectangular formation, and has its sides, adjacent-one of its ends provided with downturned longitudinallyv extending flanges 10 andll, so spacedV as to yfrictionally engage'with the opposite sides or faces of each Aof the nuts 8. Each of the members 9 overlie the' head ofthe securing spike 5, Each of the members'9 is provided upon its upperv face and adjacent its outer end .with a spring catch 1l, the same .adapted a binding nut l2, which is screwed upon each of the stems and which engages 4with the upper face of each of the members 9. By such a construction, it will be noted that the members 9, which at all times overlie the heads of the spikes 5 upon the opposite sides ofthe rail provide a simple but effective means for preventing the loosening and the accidental withdrawal of the vibration of the rails by the rolling stockpassing thereover, which is entirely overcome, and -danger ofthe spreading of the ties is materially'reduced, if not entirely overcome.l Furthermore, the plates 3 effectively prevent the sinking of the rails to within the ties, and thus materially add to the life of the ties as well as the life of the rails.

.In Fig.' 7 I have illustrated a structure somewhat similar to that previously set forth. Instead, however, of employing the headed threaded element G Awhich passes through a non-threaded opening in the end ofthe tie plate 3,- I provide the said plate with a threaded opening 13, and arranged upon the plate, andabove the said ogening` 13 is a washer 14, the outer perimeter of which is square or angular, and which has its opposite faces engaged by the flanges l0 and 1l of the spike-retaining plate 9. The plate is of a similar construction to that previously described, and is provided with an opening which registers with au opening in the washer 111. and the thro opening 13, and passingvtlnough theey ings is the threaded stem 15 of a head w the plate to enf.

ber 16, the head of the .said member being engaged by thefspring catch 11 of the plate 9.

In Fig. 8 the device is substantially similar to that described in connection with Fig. 7, except that instead of 4employing the washer 14', the plate 3 is provided 'at' each of itsl ends with an integrally formed upa# standing rectangular lug 17, which has its.l

opposite faces engaged by the flanges of the spikeretaining member 9.

y From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity and advantages of the device, will, lit is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from-the spirit or sacrificing .any of the ad vantages ofthe invention. Having thus described the invention, what Iclaimis: 4 Y

1. A tie -plate for railway rails comprising a .dat rectangularl member having spike openings'l at its corners adapted for the reception lof. spikes whose heads overlie the base ianges of the rail which rests upon the plate, a plate arranged upon the ends cenf trally of the spikes and adapted to overlie l 'Copies of this patent may be obtained for and engage one of thefspikes securing means for the plate, and raf'i'spring catch carriedV by the plate and cgi-acting with one of the elements of the securing means to retain the said 'element against movement.

2; A tie plate for railway rails having i spike openings for the reception of spikes the rails, a headed threaded member arranged upon` thek plate atjits ends and inter# mediate itsspike openings, a member havwhose heads engage with the base 'flanges ofing an angular perimeter arrangedjupon' "member vcarried by 'the ,plate and engaging Witnesses: v c

R. J. FLETCHER, ALEX. McNniLt.

ve cents eachfby addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

